Improvement in corset-fastenings



Agrar; A i u UNITED STATES PATENT4 OFFICE.-A

SAMUEL CHAPMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 43,094, dated June174, 1864.

To all whom it 171,611.7/ concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL CHAPMAN, of the cit-y, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and improved inode of constructing,attaching, and detachin g the mountings of corset-clasps; `and I dohereby decla-re that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accom panying drawing, and to theletters ot reference marked thereon. i

The nature ot' my inventionconsists in the construction and use ot'detachable bandmountings of corset-clasps and the mode of attaching anddet-aching the same to and from the springs and the corsets, in themanner and for the purposes as hereinafter specified and described.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

Of metal or other suitable material I form bands of suflicient lengthtopass around the s prings and terminate in or connect with some knownor desirable form of hook andv eye, knob, or catch, as shown by Figurel, in the accompanying drawing, (a perspective view of one pair detachedfrom the springs,) in which- A represents a metallic band, looped overand the ends conjointly riveted to B, lthe eye formed of a thicker plateand pierced for the reception of the hook C, formed ot' a piece of roundwire, in combination with the band, by turning one end into a hook andattening the remainder gradually to the other end, which is looped overand slipped under the point of the hook, and set in such a manner as toform a spring with its tension pressing the under point,'forming a guardto prevent displacement, except by design. These bands I connect withthe springs and therewith to the corset, as shown by Fig. 2, (aperspective view ofthe inside otl a portion of the clasped edges ot'.the garment,) by placing the bands in slots A, B, andG, prepared for thepurpose, then passing the spring through a transverse lslot, D, preparedtherefor, at or near the point or upper end ot' the spring when in itsplace, thus securing the bands to their place, and forming anarrangement by which the entire clasp can be readily detached from thegar- Vment when necessary for laundry or other purpose, and the ordinaryinconvenience of ripping and restitching a portion ofthe work avoided,as also the tendency ofthe spring 1o turn edgewise by being drawn by aknob riveted in the ordinary clasp at right angles to one side of thespring, thereby rendered less elastic and more liable to wear the clothand i to an uncomfortable chatting and pressure ot' the person, all ot'which, together with the liability of breakage at the part where thesprings are pierced and riveted, is in my mode also avoided, as thesprings are not pierced or lriveted and are drawn and held to Atheirplace `equally upon both sides and in direct line ot' tension, and beingin detachedparts a defective portion may be supplied without incurringthe ordinary expense ot an entire set. What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is l `A corset-fastening arrangedand applied with detachable mountings, substantially as described.

SAMUEL CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

T. W. COWAN, AT. C. INGALLs.

